I haven't seen the shelves at my local TRU change in 6 months, but when I call and ask, they already got all their exclusives in and sold through them. I've been checking the shelves regularly to have not missed them. She did tell me that they may all been called ahead and held. I never even saw the shelf tag for the Dark Pheonix pack. Something is up with that place.

I haven't seen the shelves at my local TRU change in 6 months, but when I call and ask, they already got all their exclusives in and sold through them. I've been checking the shelves regularly to have not missed them. She did tell me that they may all been called ahead and held. I never even saw the shelf tag for the Dark Pheonix pack. Something is up with that place.

Are there any local comic shops in the area?. I know the last comic shop in my area used to buy a shit ton of stuff from the local tru and jack up the prices. Like I seen the wave deadpool at tru one day and the next day the same exact box in the comic shop for almost 3x the tru price. I never realized it at first but when I did I wrote a tiny j on the back of a figure I knew they'd want and when I went the next day it was their price increased but still with my j on it.

Are there any local comic shops in the area?. I know the last comic shop in my area used to buy a shit ton of stuff from the local tru and jack up the prices. Like I seen the wave deadpool at tru one day and the next day the same exact box in the comic shop for almost 3x the tru price. I never realized it at first but when I did I wrote a tiny j on the back of a figure I knew they'd want and when I went the next day it was their price increased but still with my j on it.

The two big comic shops in town sell more old ToyBiz stuff than new stuff. It generally takes them a while to get in new stuff. One of them did rip me on the old Guardians wave, but I knew I was making a mistake at the time. I got impatient. The owners are good dudes, so I don't mind over paying. They have to make money to keep the doors open.

I did loot a stasher's hiding hole at Target yesterday. I looked up in the graphics promo in the Legends section, and someone had 3-5 figures stashed up on the rails. They were all D.C. figures, but I put them back on the pegs anyways.

The two big comic shops in town sell more old ToyBiz stuff than new stuff. It generally takes them a while to get in new stuff. One of them did rip me on the old Guardians wave, but I knew I was making a mistake at the time. I got impatient. The owners are good dudes, so I don't mind over paying. They have to make money to keep the doors open.

I did loot a stasher's hiding hole at Target yesterday. I looked up in the little graphs promo in the Legends section, and someone had 3-5 figures stashed up on the rails. They were all D.C. figures, but I put them back on the pegs anyways.

Look, just as long as companies manipulate the market (and market value) of their products by running limited quantities --- there'll always be a secondary re-seller market. Frankly, I don't like it anymore than the next guy. When companies manipulate the market value of a product line by limiting the supply, (supply and demand 101), it becomes an artificial way of creating value for a product and its brand. And it's especially ridiculous when the product and its line is subpar quality-wise (and it hurts me to say that cause I love ML wholeheartedly.) But when you consider the overall shoddy quality of ML when compared to other similarly priced lines in the $50-80 tier, it becomes quite ridiculous to limit the supply and make them "hard to get" when their collector value is so low, technically speaking.

But at the end of the day, like I alluded earlier, as long as companies artificially manipulate the supply-end, there will be unmet consumer demand, and thus an overpriced secondary market will inevitably exist. it is this way with everything. And the market value of a particular item is what people are willing to pay. So vote with your wallets. You have to be a consumer activist of sorts.

And finally, people should blame the companies instead. They should run continual re-issues, especially of popular figures. They should be capitalizing on the ridiculous re-seller market. And why do we care if a product is rare? If a figure is nice, it's nice, and I want it based on its own merit. I can care less how many other people may or may not have it. The fact that other people have it doesn't limit my enjoyment of a particular item.

But I digress. you can hardly blame a re seller. For instance, when you buy a house, and the market value goes up.. guess what? you sell it for more. It's called a free market. Don't like the price, don't buy it.

Look, just as long as companies manipulate the market (and market value) of their products by running limited quantities --- there'll always be a secondary re-seller market. Frankly, I don't like it anymore than the next guy. When companies manipulate the market value of a product line by limiting the supply, (supply and demand 101), it becomes an artificial way of creating value for a product and its brand. And it's especially ridiculous when the product and its line is subpar quality-wise (and it hurts me to say that cause I love ML wholeheartedly.) But when you consider the overall shoddy quality of ML when compared to other similarly priced lines in the $50-80 tier, it becomes quite ridiculous to limit the supply and make them "hard to get" when their collector value is so low, technically speaking.

But at the end of the day, like I alluded earlier, as long as companies artificially manipulate the supply-end, there will be unmet consumer demand, and thus an overpriced secondary market will inevitably exist. it is this way with everything. And the market value of a particular item is what people are willing to pay. So vote with your wallets. You have to be a consumer activist of sorts.

And finally, people should blame the companies instead. They should run continual re-issues, especially of popular figures. They should be capitalizing on the ridiculous re-seller market. And why do we care if a product is rare? If a figure is nice, it's nice, and I want it based on its own merit. I can care less how many other people may or may not have it. The fact that other people have it doesn't limit my enjoyment of a particular item.

But I digress. you can hardly blame a re seller. For instance, when you buy a house, and the market value goes up.. guess what? you sell it for more. It's called a free market. Don't like the price, don't buy it.

I couldn't agree more. Diamond Select has done a phenomenal job of doing this. We see what would have otherwise have happened with The Watcher figure in particular. Well said, but I still hate the scalpers.

For instance, when you buy a house, and the market value goes up.. guess what? you sell it for more. It's called a free market. Don't like the price, don't buy it.

I hear you, but that's not quite the same. A piece of property is an investment, and while YES you could invest long term with any collectible to have a potential return on your initial investment. ...
By definition itself scalping has to do with depleting quantities (hoarding) of an item/product thus making is scarce, creating an even greater demand so the seller can maximum profits from it.
People don't buy up all the houses/property to make is scarce.

It annoys me to no *&#^-ing end when a new product/figure has been released and we can't find it in any stores or online but it's ALLLLLL OVER ebay. Which means people's purchase of it was solely to profit off of it, thus making is scare and driving up those prices.

I hear you, but that's not quite the same. A piece of property is an investment, and while YES you could invest long term with any collectible to have a potential return on your initial investment. ...
By definition itself scalping has to do with depleting quantities (hoarding) of an item/product thus making is scarce, creating an even greater demand so the seller can maximum profits from it.
People don't buy up all the houses/property to make is scarce.

It annoys me to no *&#^-ing end when a new product/figure has been released and we can't find it in any stores or online but it's ALLLLLL OVER ebay. Which means people's purchase of it was solely to profit off of it, thus making is scare and driving up those prices.

I get the feeling that some figures never make it out to the shelves at all. I remember seeing listings for the TRU Exclusive Groot where the seller had one Groot figure in front of the photo that was being propped up by a stack of 6 or 8 other Groot figures. I'm glad I didn't pay some scalper $40 or $50 for it because they restocked them in time for the GOTG Vol. 2 Blu-Ray release.